The first table below looks at the demand for VDSL skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VDSL over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the East of England region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Very High Speed Digital Subscriber Line (VDSL)
Rank - 127 -
Contract jobs citing VDSL 0 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England - 0.068% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 0.383% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £275 -
UK excluding London average daily rate - £275 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Communications & Networking
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
380 522 442
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 17.64% 17.71% 16.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 173 132
Average daily rate £325 £325 £298
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +9.24%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £200 £199
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £450 £476
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 50 85
Average hourly rate £19.00 £32.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-41.53% +18.18%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.00 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £52.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
VDSL
England

VDSL
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing VDSL across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

East of England VDSL Jobs Demand Trend

VDSL
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing VDSL across the East of England region.

East of England VDSL Daily Rate Trend

VDSL
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing VDSL also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited VDSL.

1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ADSL
1 1 (100.00%) RIP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) CCIP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) Ericsson
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) DSLAM
1 1 (100.00%) DSL
1 1 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 1 (100.00%) IGRP
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Network Planning
1 1 (100.00%) eTOM
1 1 (100.00%) Huawei
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) ADSL2
1 1 (100.00%) ADSL2+

VDSL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing VDSL also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited VDSL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) ADSL
1 1 (100.00%) RIP
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) DSLAM
1 1 (100.00%) DSL
1 1 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 1 (100.00%) IGRP
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) ADSL2
1 1 (100.00%) ADSL2+
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Network Planning
1 1 (100.00%) eTOM
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) CCIP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) Ericsson
1 1 (100.00%) Huawei